Most of the directorial flourishes that do work here are unfortunately cribbed from more successful movies.

A 19-year-old Harvard undergraduate who had struck a book deal worth a reputed half-million dollars, came unstuck when it emerged that whole chunks of her debut novel had been cribbed from another writer.

In fact the Scottish government is cribbed, cabined and confined by Westminster, so that London will indeed be responsible - and blameworthy - for many of the difficulties the Scottish government will encounter in the future.

Now she's an object of pity and scandal in Sydney society, and she spills her feelings and facts to another cabined, cribbed and confined captive, her ex-teacher Miss Adie.

Origin

Old English (in the sense 'manger'), of Germanic origin; related to Dutchkrib, kribbe and GermanKrippe.